Forced to transliterate into Hindi, say non-Hindi speaking JNU students
They are being imposed with the language, they said
Several non-Hindi speaking students pursuing Phd and MPhil courses at JNU have alleged that the university administration was "blatantly" imposing the language on them.
They alleged that the administration told them their projects will not be accepted if they failed to transliterate their name, the name of the centre and topic of dissertation or thesis into Hindi.
However, JNU's Assistant Registrar (Evaluation) Sajjan Singh said the students were asked to transliterate into Hindi last year also.
"According to central government guidelines, degree certificates are issued in English and Hindi since last year," Singh told